Electric shade-holder.



L. W, ANBERSEN ELECTRIC smu HOLDER APPLICATION FILED JAN.14,1U14.

mgg Patented June 9, 191%.

fa i i I an mzntoz LowAnd'ersem UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAUBITZ w. ANDEESEN, or" WATEEEUEY, CONNECTICUT; AssIeNoE, TO THE PLUME \AND A'rwoon MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or W TEEEUEY, CONNECTICUT, A

ELECTRIC SHADE-HDLDEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Application filed January 14, 1914. Serial No. 812,049.

- This invention relates generally to shade holders for electric fixtures and more particularly to a shade holder adapted for attachment to and use in connection with a key 7 socket.

The object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap, and simple shade h lder which is adapted for use in connect'on with the ordinary key socket, and in this connection it will be understood that it can be used with both the turn key'and chain pull socket and it will be further understood that it can be used also in connection with a ke less socket and accomplish all of the re su ts required of it and which will be fully explained hereinafter.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shade holder of such construction that the upper portion of the key socket will be'exposed instead of covered, thereby exposin the set screw inthe socket bushing where y the said set screw can be adjusted whenever desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shade holder attachable to a key socket'and when so connected will render the key socket i elf less liable to pull apart as it will be un erstood that all of the so called snap socket shells are liable to part and it is therefore one of the objects of my invention to overcome? this weakness.

40 With these and certain other objects in view m invention consists in the employment 0 a shade holding shell in the up er end of which fits the key socket, said soc at and shadeholding shell being connected togather and held in their proper positions by means of a screw and clamping ring which bears upon a portion of the key socket and engages the upper end of the shade holder shell. p

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is-a perspective view of the shade holder embodying my inventionconnected to a key socket. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the shade holder with the socket removed. Fig. 3 is a detail new of theclamping ring. Fig. 4 isa deta l view of the ordinary key socket and, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the shade holder arranged upon the, key socket, said key socket being shown in elevation.

The socket A is of the usual construction being provided with a key A at the side, but it will be understood that a chain-pull can be arranged in connection with this socket, or the socket may be ofthe keyless variety. y

The snap sockets as usually constructed comprise a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion having a bushing B at its ugper .end through which passes a set .screw and the lower end of this upper portion is formed with an annular shoulder D and turned-in portion E.

.The shade holder comprises a shell F and clamping ring G,'the upper end of the shell being threaded as shown at H for the engagement oi the threaded portion I of the clamping ring. The lower portion of the shade holder is provided with the usual screws K' for fastening the glass-ware or other shade in the holder. This shell F is slotted as indicated F to receive the key A or a suitable opening and be made to receive the pull-chain, and when a keyless socket is used in connection with the holder the slot F will .be entirely omitted. Adjacent the upper end of the shell and at the bottom of the threaded portion H is formed an inwardly projecting shoulder. L, upon which rests the lower edge E of the socket and the clamping ring G when screwed down upon the threaded end of the shell engages the shoulder D as most clearly shown in Fig. 5 and in this manner the key-socket,

bound firmly together at the points Where union is desired, and by reference to Fig. 5 it will be noted that all of the weight is thrown upon the top port-ion of the key socket and that the lower portion of said key socket is-relieved of all strain and at the same time held firmly in connection with the upper portion. By means of a shade holder constructed as herein shown and described it will be noted that the upper porshade-holder shell and clamping ring are.

tion of the key socket is exposed and conse-" quently access can be had to the set screw in the socket bushing. Heretofore nearly all socket covers have completely enveloped the key socket and consequently no opportunity has been afforded for setting the screw in the socket bushing Without removing the shade holder and the advantages therefore of my construction will be apparent to everyone skilled in the art to which this invention pertains.

Another feature of my invention is that the screw clamping collar, bein removable, can be assed up onto the stem 0 the bracket while t esockfetis being wired and brought down afterward and screwed to the body of the shade holder'p'rop'ei', locking it firmly onto the socket and without completely covering said socket as previously explained.

The cheapness'and simplicity of the invention is of course apparent to everyone consisting as it does of the two parts, the shell and the ring capable of use in connection with the ordinary key socket now in common use.

What I claim is 1. A shade holder comprising a shell adapted to receive and envelop the body portion of a key socket, the upper end of said shell being threaded, and a threaded clamping ring adapted to engage the threaded portion of the shell, said ring being flanged and adapted to engage the top portion of said socket whereby said shell is securely 3. A shade holder comprising a shell I adapted to receive and envelop the body portion of a socket and having a seat adjacent the upper end of said shell adapted to receive the upper portion of said body, the

upper end of said shell being threaded, and a clamping ring engaging the threaded portion of the shell, the upper portion of saidrin being adapted to engage the top portion of t e socket and hold the same seated within the top portion of the shell, as set forth.

. LAURITZ W. AND ERSEN.v Witnesses:

D. A.WIILIAMS, A. J. S'ronz. 

